Re: Comparison of Java, C# for development on Windows and future for them

"Mark Thornton" <m.p.thornton_at_ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:avgsh4$f9pp1$1_at_ID-139894.news.dfncis.de...
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> A growing number of 'Windows applications' written with other tools don't
> look like standard Windows GUI applications either. It seems to be the
done
> thing for media players for example to be as different as possible from
the
> normal conventions. So whether the relatively minor deviations exhibited
by
> typical Java applications are important will depend on the target market.
In
> any case will the user notice or care that an app is different because it
> was written in Java compared with countless other applications which are
> different just because the author has a wierd sense of style.
>

How true. Why is it that Microsoft can never stick to their own UI guidelines-- they call it "innovation" which I suppose it is, but if we try it then we're told we're nonstandard! The MS Office nonmenu menus and nonstandard open dialog spring to mind. And personally I would like my media player to look like a normal window with normal buttons etc. thank you. Received on Wed Jan 08 2003 - 06:27:56 CST